Thank you for your interest in participating in one of our research studies. Our research is clinically-oriented, which means we are trying to understand how disease directly impacts patients. For example, we are studying what immune factors might contribute to someone remaining on life support for a prolonged amount of time after severe injury. Or what types of long-term complications patients might have from a respiratory virus infection. We cannot use animal or lab models to answer these types of clinical questions. These studies can only be conducted with you or your loved one’s generous participation.
Primary Contact: Lucy Gao – lygao@uw.edu
The primary purpose of this study is to understand how immune responses to injury (e.g. infection, trauma) might contribute to resolution of infection, shorter time on life support, and recovery. We have identified immune cells in the lung that might be related to shorter-time on the life support using lung fluid and blood collected from participants in this study. This study is one of the only studies in the world that collects lung fluid from critically ill participants, so your generous participation is leading to research that could otherwise not occur.